Instructors of 3-5-year-olds

Workshop length: 3 hours

• Recognize your outdoor space as a setting for place-based, seasonal, and authentic nature play and learning experiences.

• Focus on observational skills to use one’s senses alongside curiosity to safely explore nature

• Learn how to encourage student inquiry and to be co-learners as you explore nature

• Develop rituals and routines that provide for safe and engaging play and learning experiences,

• Recognize how nature-based play and learning meet expectations of Minnesota’s Early Childhood Indicators of Progress

• Build a relationship with Jeffers as a partner to help you provide engaging nature-based experiences for your preschoolers

Jeffers Foundation Facilitators come to your site to lead this workshop

Results suggest nature play may be positively influencing your children’s creative thinking, beyond what might occur through attending a non-nature, play-based preschool